Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Scholarships

This is not an invitation to bid. The Department for Education (DfE) is inviting organisations to take part in market engagement that will: • establish supplier interest in; • obtain market insights about; and • explore commercial options for The delivery of the ITT Scholarships programme by organisations working in partnership with the Department for Education. The programme is one of a range of initiatives to boost teacher supply in priority subjects. Aimed at high quality subject experts, who might not have otherwise considered teaching a viable career option, scholarships are awarded to the most gifted teacher trainees in physics, maths, chemistry, computing, modern foreign languages or geography. Scholars receive a tax-free bursary and wraparound support during their teacher-training year. We want insights on the market offer to enable scholars to become the next generation of outstanding teachers and use their enhanced subject knowledge/skills during a successful teaching career.

Additional information: How to express an interest in this opportunity Interested organisations should complete the questionnaire attached to this notice and submit it to itt.scholarships@education.gov.uk by 20 April 2018.

Please note that this Notice is not a call to competition and the DfE is not bound to enter into any procurement activity because of it.

Scheduled date for publication of notice: May 2018

Start and End dates of Contract: September 2018 to August 2021 though this is an estimate only and will be further informed by responses.

Delivery Area National (England).

Timescales Organisations interested in expressing an interest as a potential provider would be need to be able to mobilise their provision with the intention of recruiting in autumn 2018 to deliver scholarships from 2019/20.